Iron County register., 1887-07-07

literally on the passage, and after
| spending month at Havana in the
calaboose, upon being released they
| went straight to the shipping office,
| not knowing where else to 60. The
| eleventh was a mulatto, almost giant
in size, with sullen, ugly look about
| the eyes. His account of himself was
| that he was free man, had worked on
| tobacco-lands back of Cardenas, and
had come to Havana to engage in some
thing different; he didn't much care
what.
This man the Captain eyed very
closely.
"There's something about your mo-
tiOns, my man." he said, "that makes
me think that you know more of the
sea than you want to tell. Walk across
the deck"
The mulatto hesitated.
"Startr' Numbered the Captain.
The man walked to the other side,
and returned.
That walk can't be disguised.
You're an old sailor; what your reason
is for concealing it, 1 don't know nor
care; only don't try to play up queer
with me. Go forward" The mulatto
sullenly obeyed.
Upon the morning of the 1st of Sep
tember the Captain went ashore with
his nephew, leaving faithful Ben Har-
dy, the mate, in charge of the vessel
and the unpromising crew. His chief
errand was to see the agent; but the
agent was able to tell him nothing en-
| couraging about the prospect of obtain
ing any good men. He had ordered the
mate to keep close watch on the new
men, and to shoot without hesitation
any of them whom he found trying to
desert; and also to keep Dick Purvis,
the only remaining seaman of the old
crew, at the landing all day, for the
use of the agent, should he secure any
more men. We have seen that the
boat was waiting off the pier when the
Captain and Louis came down that
afternoon from the Paseo, but that the
vigilance of the military authorities in
the search for the escaped prisoner pre-
vented them from returning to the
bark ut that time. The two walked
up to the city, called at the agents and
learned that he had had no further sue
cess, and then repaired to an Ameri-
can lodging house which was well
known to both of them.
Louis Hunter had made the acquaint-
ance of some boon companions among
the Csban youth while the bark had
been in the harbor, and he now pro-
posed to "make night of it Captain
Willis, fatigued with the excitement of
the day, and much disturbed by the re-
cent occurrences upon and about his
vessel. went to bed soon after supper.
Shortly after dark Louis sailed forth
to look up his friends. He had not
reached the next street when he was
stopped by the patrol and examined.
That he was an American subjected
him to instant suspicion, and he was
therefore taken to the guard-house for
further examination. Here he was con-
fined in 4 dark and ill-ventilated room
for three hours with a lot of suspects
who had fallen into the clutches of the
patrol. One at time they were taken
out and interrogated by an officer. 1t
WIS htal SitNtlI - ClOCh WHcn LOUIS
turn came. After close question:
ing the officer was apparently sat
istied that the young man was not
iilibuster, and discharged him, with
warning to go back to his lodgings
and not be seen in the streets again
that night. In not the best of tempers
at the loss of his nights carouse, he
obeyed Upon inquiging of his uncle,
he found that he. too, had had more
experience with the Cuban authorities.
The house had been visited by an
armed party, and thoroughly searched.
Captain Willis had been examined. his
papers again scrutinized. and the offi-
Ger appearing suspicious of all Amer
lean ship-captains, because. as he wise
ly observed, "they might have brought
some filibusters into port, had COM
relled him to dress himself and ac-